The Siege of Terra books in order

The Siege of Terra is a 16-book Warhammer 40,000 series set during the climactic assault on humanity's homeworld, concluding the decades-long Horus Heresy narrative, published between 2020 and 2026.

Reading order


Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 Sons of the Selenar 2020 Dan Abnett Buy
2 The Solar War 2020 Dan Abnett Buy
3 The Lost and the Damned 2021 Dan Abnett Buy
4 Fury of Magnus 2021 Dan Abnett Buy
5 Saturnine 2022 Dan Abnett Buy
6 The First Wall 2021 Dan Abnett Buy
7 Garro: Knight of Grey 2023 Dan Abnett N/A
8 Warhawk 2022 Dan Abnett Buy
9 The End and the Death: Volume I 2023 Dan Abnett Buy
10 Echoes of Eternity 2022 Dan Abnett Buy
11 The End and the Death: Volume II 2023 Dan Abnett Buy
12 The End and the Death: Volume III 2024 Dan Abnett Buy
13 Era of Ruin 2025 Dan Abnett N/A
14 The Shattered and the Soulless 2026 Dan Abnett Buy
15 Flames of Betrayal 2026 Dan Abnett Buy
16 Mortis 2022 Dan Abnett Buy

The Siege of Terra is the concluding chapter of the Horus Heresy, Black Library’s multi-author epic chronicling the civil war that nearly destroyed the Imperium of Man ten thousand years before the events of Warhammer 40,000. The series covers the final battle of that war: Horus Lupercal’s assault on Terra with his combined Chaos forces against the Emperor of Mankind and the loyalist Space Marine Legions defending the Throneworld. Dan Abnett, who wrote the first Horus Heresy novel in 2006, opened The Siege of Terra with Sons of the Selenar and The Solar War.

The series was planned to conclude the narrative that Black Library began in 2006, and it features the same multi-author format with contributors including John French, Guy Haley, Nick Kyme, and Graham McNeill alongside Abnett. The 16-volume arc covers the Solar System blockade, the breaching of the Palace walls, the battle inside the Imperial Palace itself, and the confrontation between the Emperor and Horus that ends the Heresy. The three-part End and the Death sequence closes out the war, with Abnett writing the final volume.

The series should be read in the numbered order provided, as the events build directly on each other across all 16 books. The Siege of Terra represents one of the largest coordinated storytelling projects in tie-in fiction, and its conclusion has been anticipated by Warhammer fans since the Horus Heresy series began.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the The Siege of Terra series?

There are sixteen books in the The Siege of Terra series, published between 2020 and 2026.

What is the first book in the The Siege of Terra series?

The first book in the The Siege of Terra series is Sons of the Selenar, published in 2020.

Do I need to read the Horus Heresy series before The Siege of Terra?

The Siege of Terra is a direct sequel to the Horus Heresy series, which spans over 50 novels. Some familiarity with the Horus Heresy is strongly recommended, as the Siege series assumes knowledge of its characters, factions, and long-running plot threads. New readers to Warhammer 40,000 fiction should start with the Horus Heresy before approaching this series.

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